What is less understood is the counter-revolutionary role that Iran
plays in the region’s politics. This is poorly understood and
under-examined because it flies in the face of the dominant narrative,
that of Iran as a “revolutionary” state in the vanguard of a regional
“Axis of Resistance” to US imperialism and its allies. This view is
shared across the ideological spectrum, from neoconservatives and US
foreign policy hawks (for whom Iran’s “revolutionary” policies are
dangerous and must be contained/confronted) to large swaths of the
“anti-imperialist” Left and antiwar movement (for whom Iran is merely
defending itself and “resisting” US/Israeli/Saudi belligerence). While
the two camps disagree about whether Iran’s “revolutionary” agenda is a
good thing, they agree that it is “revolutionary.” This is also the
official line of the Islamic Republic itself, whose self-image as a
“revolutionary” state in the vanguard of an “Axis of Resistance” is
central to its identity — and legitimacy.[4]
<https://newpol.org/the-other-regional-counter-revolution-irans-role-in-the-shifting-political-landscape-of-the-middle-east/#_edn4>
https://newpol.org/the-other-regional-counter-revolution-irans-role-in-the-shifting-political-landscape-of-the-middle-east/
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